Robert Reich : Republicans are creating an Orwellian Universe of Lies and Misinformation ( like in the "1984" novel by George Orwell, where a dictatorship rules by means of Lies ) - "Fact-Checkers" and the "Liberal Media" are as irrelevant and intrusive as is the truth

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Richard Nixon would be ashamed and embarrassed of the Lies that Mitt Romney and his campaign tell every day :

Huffington Post
How Romney Keeps Lying Through His Big White Teeth
By Robert ReichAugust 28, 2012

How Romney Keeps Lying Through His Big White Teeth


Some excerpts :

"We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers," says Neil Newhouse, a Romney pollster.

A half dozen fact-checking organizations and websites have refuted Romney's claims that Obama removed the work requirement from the welfare law and will cut Medicare benefits by $216 billion.

Last Sunday's New York Times even reported on its front page that Romney has been "falsely charging" President Obama with removing the work requirement. Those are strong words from the venerable Times. Yet Romney is still making the false charge. Ads containing it continue to be aired.

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Together, these three mechanisms are creating a parallel Republican universe of Orwellian dimension -- where anything can be asserted, where pollsters and political advisers are free to create whatever concoction of lies will help elect their candidate, and where "fact-checkers" are as irrelevant and intrusive as is the truth.

Democracy cannot thrive in such a place. To the contrary, history teaches that this is where demagogues take root.

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